Science

Why happiness is not the best indicator of well-being

Achieving values and pursuing growth is the real secret to a fulfilled life.

Jason Crawford

How Arc Institute is bringing science into the century of biology

Stephen Johnson

A vibrant graphic illustration featuring a large leafy plant with integrated plant sensors, comic-style speech bubbles containing exclamation marks, and a round bubble depicting ants, set against a blue textured background.

Agriculture

Plant sensors could act as an early warning system for farmers

Using sensors made from carbon nanotubes, researchers discovered signals that help plants respond to stresses like heat, light, or attack.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

Neuroscience

Brains store memories in a temporary "cache" (and we can read it)

Like the day’s newspaper, the brain has a temporary way to keep track of events.

Kelsey Tyssowski

Animals

GMO mosquitoes could be our best new weapon against disease

It sounds like science fiction, but it could save millions of lives.

Jason Rasgon

CRISPR

Are "CRISPR kids" the new "test-tube babies"?

Forty years later, IVF shows how fears about new technology can fade.

Patricia Stapleton

Public Health

High tech archaeology found a new way to screen for vitamin D deficiency

Vitamin D deficiency is an age-old problem, but new techniques from archaeology may be the key to catching it early.

Megan Brickley

Leadership

What happens if scientists lose faith in their own research?

Half of scientists have failed to replicate their own work — but they rarely come forward. A new project wants to...

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

Neuroscience

Using neuroscience to talk to people in a vegetative state

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A scientist figures out how to talk to the brain when the body won't respond.

Genetics

Your DNA is not the same in every cell

Your body began with a single cell and a single genetic code. But it didn't stay that way for long.

Daniel Bier

Biology

Could freezing your body offer a chance at immortality?

In a lab in Arizona, dozens of bodies sit preserved at 320 degrees below zero. They each paid $200,000 to be frozen...

Blake Snow

Biology

Scientists physically "transplant" a memory in snails

The experiment breaks the conventional wisdom about what memories are made of.

Daniel Bier

Ancient Human Viruses Weird and Familiar

Virology

We found the oldest human virus: It's familiar (but weird)

The discovery cracks open a 7,000-year history of human-virus warfare. And it's raising weird questions.

Daniel Bier

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